English
farforth
Farforth comes from Middle English ferforth ‘Far, forth’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferforth‘Far, forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1551farforth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferforth‘Far, forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1551farforth
Earliest quotation: 1551, Thomas More, (please specify the Internet Archive page): “As for their cities, he that knoweth one of…”
A compound of fer ‘far, distant’ + forth
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to cross, pass’
Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy
Proto-Germanic *ferrai ‘far’
Proto-West Germanic *ferr
Old English feorr ‘far’
Middle English fer ‘far, distant’
Every English word from Middle English ferforth
Today it means
adv To a great extent; far.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ferforth / farforth